大学英语四级模拟试题（二）听力

大学英语四级模拟（二）听力
　　 [1]Research into the icecap of North Pole has found that it is melting so quickly that the Arctic Ocean?could lose most of its ice during summer time in as little as ten years. Scientists of Cambridge University?say recent exploration to the Arctic led by explorer Pen Hadow found ice was much thinner than expected?and less dense, subject to rapid melting. Mr. Hadow said the finding should act as a wake-up call.
　　
　　 The long-term view for the global community, this is definitely not good news. [2]But if we can see?this for what it is which is the biggest visual cue that we are going to get to manage our relationship?with the planet better, then that is a good thing.
　　
　　Questions 1 and 2 are based on the news report you have just heard.
　　
　　 1.What is this news item mainly about? [B]
　　
　　2. How can the bad news become a good one? [A]
　　
　　News Report Two
　　
　　 Fifty-seven“militiamen”， including several high-ranking officers loyal to militia leader Gabriel Tang ，were killed when Tang’s forces attacked the Sudan People's Liberation Army in Southern Sudan, officials?said Sunday.
　　
　　 Tang’s forces launched the attack at Kaldak on Saturday, the Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA)?said in a statement issued on behalf of General Malaak Ayuen of the South Sudan Army. The SPLA is the?military wing of the movement that governs Southern Sudan.
　　
　　[3]The SPLA killed 57 of Tang’s forces, including three major generals, according to the statement. In addition, one major general was captured，the statement said.
　　
　　[4]Tang himself “narrowly escaped”?the fighting, according to the statement.
　　
　　 Officials said it was unclear why Tang’s forces attacked the troops, but the SPLA said it believes he?has been in contact with other rebel groups in the region.
　　
　　Questions 3 and 4 are based on the news report you have just heard.
　　
　　3. How many major generals were killed in the attack? [C]
　　
　　4. How was Gabriel Tang after the attack? [D]
　　
　　News Report Three
　　
　　Thousands will gather in the city center just after 5:00 am on Tuesday, April 18 ， [5]to remember?victims of the Great Earthquake.?Organizers say they will also celebrate the heroism of the survivors. One?hundred years ago, the first small shock struck at 5:12 in the morning, and the region shook violently for?one minute. A center of culture and commerce, San Francisco was then known as the Paris of the West.?Just hours earlier, Italian tenor Enrico Caruso had appeared in the opera Carmen at the city’s opera?house.?The singer later recalled trembling with fear as he looked out of the window of his room at the Palace?Hotel. He saw buildings collapse, and heard the screams of men, women and children. Historian?Eileen?Keremitsis is a volunteer guide who describes the tragic story for visitors. [6]The quake was massive and it?was centered just off the coast close to the city. The shaking damaged or destroyed thousands of buildings?over a wide area, [7]but Keremitsis says most of the severe destruction was caused by fires that burned?uncontrolled for three days.
　　
　　Questions 5 to 7 are based on the news report you have just heard.
　　
　　5. What does the news item mainly report? [C]
　　
　　6. What can we learn about the Great Earthquake? [D]
　　
　　7. According to Keremitsis，what caused the most of the destruction? [B]
　　
　　Section B
　　
　　Conversation One
　　
　　W: So John, I hear you and Arthur share a job, don’t you?
　　
　　M: Yeah. We’ve shared a sales job at Sonatech for about two years now.
　　
　　W: Well, how do you divide up your schedule?
　　
　　M: [8]You know, we are both sales representatives, and we take orders over the phone.?When we started?job sharing it was difficult, because we both worked all day Monday. I worked Tuesday and Thursday?and Arthur worked Wednesday and Friday. The problem was that when I was in the office on?Tuesday. I would talk to people, then they would call back on Wednesday with a question. But Arthur?couldn’t answer the question and he couldn’t ask me about it because I wasn’t in the office. So he had?to ask the people to call me back the next day, Thursday. [9]Of course, they didn’t like to wait until the?next day to have their question answered.
　　
　　W: Yes, that sounds like a problem.
　　
　　M: So, finally we decided that Arthur would work in the mornings and I would work in the afternoons.?[10]?Now if someone calls with a question for me in the morning, Arthur tells them to call me in the?afternoon. This way, people get their questions answered the same day.
　　
　　W: What do you do about vacations?
　　
　　M :[11]Well, Sonatech gives the usual two weeks of vacation to full-time employees, I take a week and?Arthur takes a week.
　　
　　W: It sounds like job sharing has worked out well for you.
　　
　　M: Yes, it has. We are both happy with it.
　　
　　Questions 8 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
　　
　　8. What do John and Arthur do at Sonatech? [C]
　　
　　9. What problem did John and Arthur have when they started job sharing? [A]
　　
　　10. What is Arthur’s final solution when someone calls with a question for John? [B]
　　
　　11. What does John say about their annual vacation? [D]
　　
　　Conversation Two
　　
　　W: May I see your license, please?
　　
　　M: But officer, did I do something wrong?
　　
　　W: [13]Do you mean to say you didn’t see the speed limit sign back there?
　　
　　M: [13] Um, not ma’am, I guess I didn't.
　　
　　W: In other words, you drove by too fast to read it. The sign says 35m/h. [12]?A school is just nearby, you
　　
　　know?
　　
　　M: Don’t get me wrong, but my speedometer didn’t read much faster than that
　　
　　W: Then, why is it that my radar showed you were going 45? Let me put it another way. I’m going to
　　
　　have to give you a ticket. Again, may I see your license, please?
　　
　　M: Here it is, officer. But let me explain. I was late for an important appointment and I was worried that?I wouldn’t make it on time. So...
　　
　　W: Um ha, just a minute, here. [ 14]Your license is no longer valid. You should have renewed it two weeks?ago. I’m going to have to write you up for that, too.
　　
　　M: What? Really?
　　
　　W: Your license becomes invalid on your birthday and that was two weeks ago according to the date?here. You are in violation of the law—driving without a valid license.
　　
　　M: I’m sorry, ma’am. I hadn’t realized that.
　　
　　W: [15]Here’s the ticket for not having a valid license. But I’m only going to give you a warning about?exceeding the speed limit. Be careful next time.
　　
　　M: Yes, ma’am, officer, I will. Thank you.
　　
　　Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
　　
　　12. Where was the man stopped by the police officer? [B]
　　
　　13. What did the man claim about the speed limit sign? [A]
　　
　　14. What did the woman say about the man’s driving license? [C]
　　
　　15. What was the man’s penalty? [B]
　　
　　Section C
　　
　　Passage One
　　
　　Since I started working part-time at a grocery store, I have learned that a customer is more than?someone who buys something. [16]?To me, a customer is a person whose memory fails entirely once he or?she starts to push a shopping cart.?One of the first things customers forget is how to count. [17] There’s no?other way to explain how so many people get in their express line，which is?clearly marked 15 items or?less , with 20, 25 or even a cart load of items. Customers also forget why they came to the store in the?first place. [18]?Just as I finish ringing up an order, a customer will say, "Oops, I forgot to pick up a fresh?loaf of bread. I hope you don’t mind waiting while I go get it.” Five minutes later, he’s back with the?bread, a bottle of milk, and three rolls of paper towels. Strange is it seems customers also seem to forget?that they have to pay for their groceries. Instead of writing a check or looking for a credit card while 1
　　
　　am ringing up the groceries, my customer will wait until I announce the total. Then, in surprise, she says,?“Oh no, what did I do with my check book?” After 5 minutes of digging through her purse, she borrows?my pen because she's forgotten hers. [19]?But I have to be tolerant of customers because they pay my?salary, and that’s something 1 can’t afford to forget.
　　
　　Questions 16 to 19 are based on the passage you have just heard.
　　
　　16. What does the speaker say about customers，entering the grocery store? |A]
　　
　　17. Which customers are supposed to be in the express line? [D]
　　
　　18. What does the speaker say some customers do when they arrive at the check-out counter? [B]
　　
　　19. What does the speaker say about his job at the end of the talk? [A]
　　
　　Passage Two
　　
　　The speech delivery style of Europeans and Asians tends to be very formal. Speakers of these cultures?often read oral presentations from carefully written manuscripts.?On the other hand, American speakers are?generally more informal relative to speakers in other cultures. [20]?American audiences prefer natural,?spontaneous delivery that conveys a lively sense of communication.?They don’t relate well to speakers who?read from a manuscript. If you use an outline of your ideas instead of a prepared text, your speech will?not only sound more natural, but you will also be able to establish better relationship with your listeners?and keep their attention. [21]The?language and style you use when making an oral presentation should not?be the same as the language m style you use when writing. Well-written information, that is meant to be?read, does not work as well when it is heard. It is, therefore, important for you to adapt written texts or?outlines for presentations. Good speakers are much more informal when speaking than when writing. They?also use their own words and develop their own speaking styles. Whenever possible, they use short words.?Listeners are appreciated when speakers use simple, everyday words in a presentation. One advantage is?that it is much easier for speakers to pronounce short words correctly. Another is that long and?sophisticated vocabulary choices make listening more difficult.
　　
　　Questions 20 to 22 are based on the passage you have just heard.
　　
　　20. What does the speaker say American audiences prefer? [D]
　　
　　21. What should one pay attention to when making an oral presentation? (Bj
　　
　　22. What does the speaker focus on in the talk? [A]
　　
　　Passage Three
　　
　　Let children learn to judge their own work
　　
　　A child learning to talk does not learn by being corrected all the time. If corrected too much, he will?stop talking. He compares a thousand times a day the difference between language as he uses it and?language as those around him use it. Bit by bit, he makes the necessary changes to make his language?like other people’s. [23]In the same way ,kids learning to do all the other things they learn without adult?teachers, to walk, run, climb, ride a bike, ?play games , compare their own performance with what more?skilled people do, and slowly make the needed changes. [24]/[25]But in school we never give a child?a?chance to detect his mistakes. We do it all for him. We act as if we thought he would never notice a?mistake unless it was pointed out to him. Soon he becomes dependent on the expert. We should let him?do it himself. Let him figure out, with the help of other children if he wants it, what this word says, what?is the answer to that problem, whether this is a good way of saying or doing this or that.
　　
　　If right answers need to be given, as in mathematics or science, give him the answer book. Let him?correct his own papers. Why should we teachers waste time on such tedious work? Our job should be to?help children when they tell us that they can’t find a way to get the right answer.
　　
　　Questions 23 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.
　　
　　23. How does a child learn to do something according to the speaker? [D]
　　
　　24. What belief do teachers commonly hold according to the speaker? [C]
　　
　　25. What does the speaker imply about the current way of teaching? [A]